Improvement in clod-fenders



Ilmrnn STATES PAr-nNr OFFICE.

FRANCIS M. LOWDEN AND JOHN D. LOWDEN, OF LAWRENCE, INDIANA.

Specication'formng part of Letters Patent No. 97,`5, datedrDecemb'er 14,1869.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be itknown that we, FRANoIs M. LowDEN and JOHN D. LOWDEN, of Lawrence,in the To enable others skilled inthe art to makev and use our saidinvention, we proceed to describe more fully, as follows:

A B of the accompanying drawing is a section of the plow-bean1. p

EF G H I is a rod of iron, bent in the shape there represented, passing,in the form of ascrew-tine, through the beam at E, and passing through aloop of metal represented by O, which is secured to the beam by abolt-tine A at D. 'Io this rod E l` G H I are attached three othersmaller rods, K L, M O, and P S, in the way represented in the drawing,so that H I, K L,M O, and` I? S will-al1 be parallel to each other. Thisis for a right-hand clodfender; but if it be desired to make a left-handfender, the bend at E and the bend between be regulated at pleasure.

G and E may be reversed, so as to stand the other way, and the fenderwill be suitable for the left-hand side of the plow.

'Io use my ksaid invention, it is attached to the plow-'beam aforesaid,and used as any other elod-fender. It will be found that by putting onone jam-nut at E and another at D that the distance of the fender fromthe plow can free to oscillate around E and vibrate in the loop G, itwill be found readily to rise and pass over any obstructions that maymeet it in passing through the iield. By reason 4of the fact that thetines H I, K, L M O, and P S are parallel, and have no cross-pieces onthem to form any obstruction, it will also be found that they will keepall the time clean, and not at any time get clogged up with dirt or anyother truck.

What we clain1,aud desire to secure by Let-l ters Patent, is-

. The clod-fender herein described, when the same is constructed in itssaid several parts Y and used substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing specification we have hereuntoset our hands thislSth day of J une, 1869.

FRANCIS IVI. LOWDEN.

JOHN D. LOWDEN.

Vitnesses:

Guns. WERBE, J. MILNER.

The fender bein g

